Food stamps aren't for lottery jackpot winners

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The Foundation for Government Accountability submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to all 50 states, requesting information on the number of substantial lottery winners on the food stamp program since 2019.
51% : In one common trick, they use federal funding for other welfare programs to print brochures about food stamps.
32% : States should be forced to police their own food stamp program, weeding out waste, fraud and abuse.
31% : Tens of thousands of substantial lottery winners are receiving food stamps, through a combination of state negligence and federally created loopholes.
30% : We're talking about those who won at least $4,250, which under federal law, makes a person ineligible for the taxpayer's help.

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